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. Aug. 2a, 1928. 1,682,186

J. RITTER, JR

TRUNK Filed Sept. 28, 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

. UNITED STATES 1,682,186 PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS BITTER, JIL, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HARTMANN TRUNK COM- PANY, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

TRUNK.

Application filed September This invention relates to trunks and more especially to that type of trunk in whlch there is provided one or more receptacles or drawers which are hinged to the trunk walls whereby they may be swung outwardly to an accessible position, and has for one of its objects to provide an improved hinge connec tion for such trunks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hinge construction of the class described which. will permit of the ready attachment and detachment of the drawer from the trunk section.

A still further object of the invention s to provide a trunk hinge of the class described which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensiveto manufacture and more effective in use than those whlch have been heretofore proposed.

\Vith the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate like parts in all the views;

Fig. 1 is a perspective yiew of a trunk of the hinged drawer type embodying a. hinge construction made in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational View looklng at the inside of the drawer section of the trunk;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view partly in elevation, showing the drawer swung outwardly to the accessible position;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational View of one of the hinges and adjacent portions of the trunk section and drawer;

I Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view taken approximately on the plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and,

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional View taken approximately on the plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Fig. 5 looking down.

Referring more particularly to the said drawings, the numeral 10 indicates gener ally, a trunk which may be composed of two sections, 11 and 12, suitably hinged together by hinges 13.

The section 11 is provided with one or 28, 1925. Serial No. 59,136.

suitable fastening means 16 and the said member is preferably provided with a rearwardly extending arm 17 which is. secured to another wall of the drawer 14 by the fastening means 18. The said member 15 is also provided with a second arm 19 extending in a plane at substantially right angles to the member itself, and also to the arm 17, which arm 19 islikewise secured to the wall of. the

drawer by the fastening means 20.

The member 15 is further provided with a hooked arm 21 which is preferably bent to lie in a plane parallel with the arm 17, but spaced therefrom, as will be clear from Fig.

6 of the drawings, which arm is curved to provide a recess22 as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The member 15 just described, constitutes one element of the hinge and the other element thereof is convenientlyformed by an angle member 23, one flange of which 24, lies adjacent and is secured to the wall of the trunk section 11, while the other flange 25 extends inwardly at substantially right angles thereto, as shown in Fig. 6. The said flange 25 is provided with an elongated slot or opening 27, the length of which is equal to or slightly greater than the Width of the hooked arm 21 of the hinge member 15, to the end that the said arm may be readily inserted in or withdrawn from the said opening as will be readily understood.

1 Going back to the arm 21 it will be noted that owing to its hooked shape, it is provided with a toe 28 which isconnected to the recess 22 by a curved surface 29 which toe and curved surface engage the inner surface of the flange 25 and fulcrum thereon during the swinging movements of the drawer. In other words, when the drawer is swung out- Wardly, the hinge member 15 fulcrums on the toe 28 and the curved surface 29 against the flange 25 of the hinge member 23 until the drawer reaches an almost horizontal position when the lower edge 30 of the opening 27 will engage in the recess 22. This engagement of the edge 30 into the said recess as shown in Fig. 3, serves to maintain the drawer in the open position, as will be readily understood, although, of course,it may be readily closed by merely lifting up on the outside portion thereof.

In order to limit the outward movement of the drawer 14, it is preferred to provide stops in the form of angle members 31, secured to the sides of the drawer in such positions that the flanges 32 thereof will engage the upper portions or the flanges 25 of the angle members 23 the drawer reaches substantially the position shown in Fig. 3.

a The parts are so designed'and constructed that should it be desired to remove the drawer entirely from the trunk section, it is only necessary to swing it to the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon by lifting it slightly and at the same time pulling outwardly on the lower portion thereof, the hook arm 21 illustrated and described, it is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as the precise arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention and, therefore, it is not wished to be limited to the above disclosure, except as maybe required by the claim.

What is claimed is In a trunk, a trunk section; hinge elements secured to opposite walls of said section, com prising relatively short angle members having inwardly projecting flanges. provided with apertures; a drawer; companion hinge elements secured to said drawer, comprising members having portions adapted to be readily removably.received in said apertures; and stop members carried by said drawer adapted to engage the inwardly projecting flanges of said first named hinge elements to limit the outward swing of said drawer, said stop members being disengageable from said flanges through vertical movement of said drawer to permit the detachment of the latter from the trunk section.

I In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

JULIUS BITTER. JR. 

